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DRAWERS 0R TIGHTS.

No. 256,532. Patented Apr. 18,1882:

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INVENTO BY N . WITNESSES;

Kmfi'm i ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT M. APPLETON, OF: LAKE VILIJAGE, NEW HAMPHlRE.

DRAWERS 0R TIGHTS.

, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,532, dated April s, 1882.

Application filed July 22, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom ii. may concern Beit known that I, ROBERT M. APPLETON, of Lake Village, in the conntyof Belknap and State of New Hampshire, have invented cer' tain new and useful improvements in Drawers and-Tights, of'ivhieh the following is a speeifi- This invention is designed to f lllliSlLilll" proved drawers and tights, which are mannlhctered on circnlar-luiitting looms, without seams in the legs and with plain and tuck stitch knitting, in such it manner that a better lit is obtained and the waste and expense for cutting and sewing are saved.

The invention consists of a. pair of m chinemade seamless drawers or lights in which that part of the drawers or tights above the kneejoints and the. calves below the knee-joints, are made in tuck-stitches, while the narrower parts at the knees and above the ankles are made in plain stitches.

in theilceoinpangving drawings,Figure} rep resents a. front view of at pair of drawers, and Fig. 2 a. front view 01'' :1 pair of tights, showing" my improvements.

Similar letters of reference indiealte corresponding parts.

In the drmvings, A represents the upper part of my improved drawers or lights, which are made from the cloth band a down to the hnee'joint, where they are made narrower, e"

-t nek-stiteh knitting. The part I from the lower part of he thigh to the upper pat-tot the 'cnlf', around the knee-joint is made of plainstitch knitting, and the wi. at part, designed for the calf 0, made again of tuck-stitch knitting, below which, again, a. narrower part, I), of plain-stitch knitting is arranged.

The lower edge of each leg is finished by the rib ed band nowie general use. In lights the ribbed band is dispensed with and th narrow portion 1) continued in plain stitch, from which part the foot is formed. By this process tights with seamless legs are obtaine which fit more easily and comfortably tothfi. legs. The appearance of the drawersor tights may be improved by slightly varying the pattern of the tuck-stitches; which is accomplished without difficulty in the usual Wellhnown manner on the cireularlmitting looms in general use for this class of goods.

Iaving thu-s described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to seenrehy Letters l?atent 1. In circular seamless-legdrawers 01. lights the combination, with the knitted leg parts, oi the body and thigh parts knitin tnek'stitch and the knee parts knit in plain stitch, substantially as described.

2. in circular seamless-leg drawers or tights,

the combination of'the body and thigh parts knit; in tuck-stitch, the knee parts knit in plain stitch, and the leg parts knit; partially in plain and partially in tech stitch, substantially as described. In testimony that I elnim the foregoing as my invention'l have singed my nnme, in presence of two witnesses. this 6th day of July, 1881.

, ROBERT M. APl'LlilOS.

Witnesses:

JAMES W. CooswELL, M; A. HAYNES. 

